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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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19 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:09 | Tran: 12:57 | Set: 22:45
Alt: 46.95°   Az: 268.27°   Direction: West

19 Aurigae is a variable bright giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Auriga.

19 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 19 Aurigae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 19 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 19 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Aurigae during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 21m 41s
+33° 58’ 55”
03h 41m 28s
09h 03m 10s

J2000

05h 20m 00s
+33° 57’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

172.81°
-1.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 19 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Bright giant

-4.84
A5II
7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Aurigae is distant 3,075.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

943.40
3,075.47
-5 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57906
SAO57906

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.0°
Max altitude: 72.5°
Azimuth: 304.0°